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Excise Duty Cut on Petrol and Diesel: A Bold Governance Move Amid War

Excise Duty : India reduced excise duty on petrol and diesel to offset rising global crude prices due to geopolitical tensions. The move aimed t...

March 27, 2026 3654 Views 0 comment Print

Notes on Health Security se National Security (HSsNS) Cess Act, 2025

Excise Duty : Health Security & National Security (HSNS) Cess Act, 2025 introduces a standalone statutory cess aimed at funding national health ...

January 18, 2026 3147 Views 1 comment Print

Interest on Excise Duty Not Payable in Revenue-Neutral Situations: Calcutta HC

Excise Duty : The Court upheld the Tribunal’s view that interest cannot be levied when duty paid is fully creditable to downstream units. It c...

January 16, 2026 729 Views 0 comment Print

Bought-Out Items Excluded from Excise Value for CKD Plant Supplies: SC

Excise Duty : The Court held that duty-paid items supplied directly to site are not includible when the final plant is immovable. The key takeaw...

December 17, 2025 585 Views 0 comment Print

Central Excise Act 2025: Reshapes Tobacco Taxation Landscape

Excise Duty : Discover how the Central Excise (Amendment) Act, 2025 revamps tobacco taxation, introducing steep excise duties on cigarettes, che...

December 17, 2025 20979 Views 2 comments Print


Latest News


CBI Court Sentences Ex-Central Excise Officer

Excise Duty : CBI Court in Siliguri sentences former Central Excise Superintendent to four years RI and Rs. 40,000 fine in a bribery case regist...

February 28, 2026 3529 Views 0 comment Print

Central Excise and Service Tax Inspector Jailed for Disproportionate Assets

Excise Duty : A special court imposed five years’ rigorous imprisonment and heavy fines after finding assets far beyond known income. The ruli...

January 7, 2026 537 Views 0 comment Print

FAQs for Health Security se National Security (HSNS) Cess Act, 2026 & HSNS Cess Rules, 2026

Excise Duty : The FAQs confirm that cess is computed on maximum rated machine speed rather than actual production. This ensures certainty in tax...

January 5, 2026 3330 Views 0 comment Print

FAQs on Machine-Based levy in case of Chewing Tobacco, Jarda Scented Tobacco & Gutkha

Excise Duty : The FAQs clarify how excise duty on chewing tobacco, jarda, and gutkha will be levied based on packing machine capacity rather tha...

January 4, 2026 1908 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Guidelines for Online Filing of Appeals

Excise Duty : CESTAT issues instructions for e-filing appeals, detailing registration, filing process, documents, fees, and compliance with Proc...

October 1, 2025 3591 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


CENVAT Credit Demand Set Aside as Export Turnover Cannot Be Included in Exempted Turnover

Excise Duty : CESTAT Chennai held that exports made under Notification No. 30/2004-CE and the DEPB scheme cannot be included in exempted turnove...

June 8, 2026 87 Views 0 comment Print

Excise Penalty Quashed as Duty and Interest Were Paid Before Show Cause Notice

Excise Duty : The Tribunal held that the show cause notice issued more than three years after the Department became aware of the facts was time-...

June 7, 2026 93 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Allows Appeal as Export Turnover Cannot Be Added for Rule 6 Credit Reversal

Excise Duty : CESTAT held that where the value of goods sent for job work had already been considered for credit reversal purposes, including it...

June 5, 2026 324 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Allows Appeals as Manufacturer & Marketing Company Were Not Related Persons

Excise Duty : CESTAT Chandigarh held that the manufacturer and marketing company could not be treated as related persons under the Central Excis...

June 5, 2026 87 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Allows Appeal as Manufacturer & Marketing Company Were Not Related Persons

Excise Duty : CESTAT Chandigarh held that the manufacturer and marketing company could not be treated as related persons under the Central Excis...

June 5, 2026 111 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


Lakshadweep Introduces New Excise Law to Regulate Liquor Trade and Consumption

Excise Duty : The Lakshadweep Excise Regulation, 2026 establishes a comprehensive framework for licensing, manufacture, sale, transport, and con...

June 6, 2026 219 Views 0 comment Print

Govt Revises ATF Export Duty Rate From 1 June 2026

Excise Duty : Notification No. 25/2026 revises SAED on ATF exports to Rs 9.5 per litre with effect from 1 June 2026; domestic petrol and diesel ...

May 30, 2026 186 Views 0 comment Print

Govt Revises SAED Rates on Petrol and Diesel Exports WEF 1st June 2026

Excise Duty : Notification No. 24/2026 revises SAED rates on petrol and diesel exports from 1 June 2026, setting duty at Rs 1.5 and Rs 13.5 per ...

May 30, 2026 210 Views 0 comment Print

Govt Raises SAED on ATF Exports to Rs. 16 per Litre from 16 May 2026

Excise Duty : CBIC revised SAED on ATF exports to Rs. 16 per litre effective 16 May 2026, impacting aviation fuel exporters and export duty cost...

May 15, 2026 336 Views 0 comment Print

SAED on Petrol and Diesel Exports Revised from 16 May 2026

Excise Duty : The Ministry of Finance amended the central excise notification issued in March 2026 by revising rates applicable to specified goo...

May 15, 2026 483 Views 0 comment Print


Denial of exemption under notification 50/2003-CE unsustainable

September 16, 2022 1581 Views 0 comment Print

Held that duty exemption benefit under notification no. 50/2003-CE dated 10.06.2003 cannot be denied because of a diversification of production capacity by adding new machines.

Notification No. 30/2022-Central Excise, Dated: 16.09.2022

September 16, 2022 1110 Views 0 comment Print

Seeks to further amend No. 04/2022-Central Excise, dated the 30th June, 2022 , to decrease the Special Additional Excise Duty on Diesel | Notification No. 30/2022-Central Excise | Dated: 16th September, 2022 MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) New Delhi Notification No. 30/2022-Central Excise | Dated: 16th September, 2022 G.S.R. 707(E).—In exercise of the powers […]

Notification No. 29/2022-Central Excise, Dated: 16.09.2022

September 16, 2022 1086 Views 0 comment Print

Seeks to amend No. 18/2022-Central Excise, dated the 19th July, 2022 to decrease the Special Additional Excise Duty on production of Petroleum Crude and export of Aviation Turbine Fuel | Notification No. 29/2022-Central Excise | Dated: 16th September, 2022 MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) New Delhi Notification No. 29/2022-Central Excise | Dated: 16th September, 2022 G.S.R. […]

Credit of items continued to be covered under excise law is not admissible in GST law

September 16, 2022 1002 Views 0 comment Print

Held that the credit which is admissible as input tax credit under the CGST Act can be availed as input tax credit. The quantum of credit which relates to the items which continued to be covered under the Central Excise Act would not be admissible as input tax credit under CGST Act.

Duty demand unsustainable as no evidence adduced for clandestine removal

September 15, 2022 888 Views 0 comment Print

Held that duty demand unsustainable in absence of any evidence that job work charges paid by the company to the job workers flowed back to them and in absence of any evidence that that the Company is involved in clandestine removal of goods

Excise duty on iron ore fines generated during the process of screening of coal

September 13, 2022 1062 Views 0 comment Print

Satya Power & Ispat Ltd Vs Commissioner of Central Excise & Service Tax (CESTAT Delhi) The issue is whether the appellant is liable to pay central excise duty on removal of iron ore fines/iron ore concentrates? Learned counsel for the Appellant submits that in the de-novo proceedings, the lower authority without appreciating the submissions made […]

Consider value of returned goods for Determining Value for Refund – SC – Section 173L – Central Excise Act

September 11, 2022 870 Views 0 comment Print

For considering value for refund under Section 173­L of Central Excise Act, what is required to be considered is value of returned goods

CESTAT allows Cenvat Credit on Group Mediclaim Policy

September 11, 2022 1956 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT held that Cenvat credit of Service Tax paid on the insurance premium on the insurance policies taken for the employees of the Appellant which is covered under the Employees State Insurance Act. 1948 as well as the Factories Act, 1948 are eligible for Cenvat credit as per Rule 2(l) of the Cenvat credit Rules, 2004.

Clandestine clearance of goods is a serious charge & cannot be made on presumptions

September 10, 2022 2496 Views 1 comment Print

It is a settled legal position that charge of clandestine clearance of goods is a serious charge & cannot be made on presumptions & assumptions

‘Maha Pasand Jarda Scented Tobacco’ is chewing tobacco and not jarda scented tobacco

September 9, 2022 3957 Views 0 comment Print

Held that the pouches of Maha Pasand Jarda Scented Tobacco describes the product as chewing tobacco and in Trade Parlance also it is known as Chewing Tobacco only. Hence, the same is classified as chewing tobacco and not jarda scented tobacco

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